Swimmer's Daily

  • A group of Emperor penguins encounter a piece of string across their path. Funny in itself, but even funnier here with an English translation :-D

  • Read NY Daily News

    David Beckham was warned off swimming in the Amazon during the recent shooting of a documentary — for fear of a deadly fish swimming into his genitalia, sources tell Confidenti@l.

    The 38-year-old Becks, famously nicknamed “Goldenballs,” was told by the production’s medical supervisors not to go for a dip during filming in the Brazilian rainforest because of the so-called “vampire fish.”

    The fish, called the candiru, is said to enter people through their urethras and eat their way through their private parts.

    And the candiru — small, virtually transparent and nearly impossible to see even in clear water — reportedly targets people’s bottoms, too.

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    Photo by Yahoo Pressebilder

  • nicholas-johnsonRead Santa Barbara Independent and see KEYT

    Nicholas Johnson, a 19-year-old UCSB freshman athlete, was swimming laps at the time during a joint practice with the high school’s swim team. It’s unclear what caused Johnson to lose consciousness, and police and coroner’s officials say they continue to investigate the incident.

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  • Read SBS

    World champion swimmer Cate Campbell does not like to set goals. Usually.

    But the 21-year-old has one for 2014: proving last year was no fluke.

    Despite sweeping all before her in 2013, Campbell is not struggling for motivation ahead of next week’s national titles in Brisbane, which double as the Glasgow Commonwealth Games trials.

    Often the Australian team’s hard luck story, Campbell became their superstar by claiming 100m freestyle gold at last year’s world titles in Barcelona, remained undefeated over 100m in 2013 and owns the event’s fastest time in history in a textile suit.

    She has come a long way since battling a string of setbacks, including career-threatening post viral fatigue syndrome in 2010 and pancreatitis after helping the 4x100m freestyle relay team win London Olympic gold.

    “I was blown away by last year. I didn’t think that was possible ever, let alone so soon after the setbacks I encountered,” Campbell told AAP.

    “This year I want to build on it, not better it, but to equal it.

    “I want to prove that it wasn’t a fluke.”

  • Read The London Evening Standard

    Rebecca Adlington has told how she became self-conscious about her body after retiring from swimming.

    The Olympic medallist, whose insecurities came to a head during an appearance on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here last year, said she took comfort in food after quitting the sport.

    She said: “Everyone thinks that because you are a swimmer and spend your time in a swimsuit, you must feel confident about your body. You don’t think of your body that way.”

    The 25-year-old, who  broke down in the Australian jungle during I’m A Celebrity, told Hello magazine: “I put on a lot of weight when I retired. When I was swimming food was fuel, so when I stopped training the weight went on and I got hips. Every athlete goes through the same thing.”

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    Photo by photoverulam

  • In this behind-the-scenes video of a photo shoot ahead of the 2014 British National Championships in April, Michael Jamieson, Jazz Carlin and Siobhan Marie-O’Connor discuss the year ahead and their thoughts on the upcoming national champs, where they will compete for their place in the Commonwealth Games this summer.

    Photo courtesy of dna

     

  • Warning, very excited shouts from the boat people :-)

  • See kiiitv.com

    Accidents are the leading cause of death in children under the age of 14, and each year, nearly 1,000 of those deaths around the country are due to drowning.

    Most of those drownings happen at the family pool.

    KiiiTV.com South Texas, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend

  • Read The Star

    Young American swimmer Missy Franklin will be at the glittering Laureus World Sports Awards at the Istana Budaya on Wednesday.

    The California native has been unstoppable, winning four gold medals at the 2012 London Olympics, followed by an unprecedented six gold medals at one World Championships. She won the 100m and 200m backstroke, 200m freestyle, 4x100m and 4x200m freestyle and 4x100m medley at last year’s World Championships.

    And all that at the age of 18. It is no wonder that she’s earned the nickname “Missile Missy”.

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